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ti' to or Russia : Their conduEt towards the Porte has b4en tsulfornaly that of the most disinterested friend ship, and the Porte has, in more than one instance, ex;serieutced the efficacy of their power in defending her against the designs of France. Those designs, though not now pursued by open farce, are not less apparent than when France„ faithless to her engage ments, at the same time that she insolently professed I) ss an Ally of the Porte, invaded and conquered one or the dependencies of the Turkish Empire that conquest was wrested front her, , and restored to the Porte by the successful arms and generous policy of Great Britain. In the same spirit the Allies have still centinued to as towards the Porte; and that Government must be under.. the influence hf blindness hardly to be conceived; if, in opposition to such recent experience, and to her most evident interest's, she shall rejea an alliance in which she has hitherto found security and honour, under the belief that either can be attained under the pro mised proteaion of France. Are the designs of France doubtful ? Let the position which she occu pies in. Dalmatia and Albania, which cannot be stated to be in any way necessary to the security of her own frontier—let the language of NI. Se hastiani himself, declaring that, from that point Ptrensive measures may be taken, and .openly threatening the destruction of the Turkish Empire— answer that question. The proofs of the designs of .France are indeed too numerous to be recited, and the invasion of Egypt serves as an example of the attempts which that Government is prepared to make, not on that country only, but on Greece, on Syria, and on other valuable dependencies of the, ,Turkish Empire. Its such a situation of affairs, the intrigues and • the menaces of France equally render all temporising measures impraaicable; the Porte i 3 placed in a situation in which a real neutrality can no longer be preserved, and she must choose be tween those Powers whose friendship she has expe rienced, 'and those whose promises she has so much reason to distrust. Against France, more fatal to the interests of Turkey as an insidious friend than as an open enemy, his Majesty and his august Ally have offered their generous proteCtion ; and having exhausted all the means of conciliation consistent with their ieterests and their honour, his Majesty awaits the result, whatever it may be, with an en tire confidence that the uuiform disinterestedness of his intentions will be fully manifested to the world. . I am, &c. (Signed) The light Nan. Charles ilrtuthnat. MAILS. Howicx. ARRIVIIII-4 Gottenhargh, r Dublin, z WAterford, Pu&—i Malta, z z Wate,rintcl. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS , DAY AT TWILI.VZ O'CLOCK. rODIDiS THE SUN. 110L104 QUIS lALSUM AUDIUT ? LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1808. Lox night four Gattenhurgh Mails arrived, and this morning one arrived from, Heligoland, the u,,nieuts of which are very important. The fa& of the EmPettoa of Rusin* having declared War against Sweden is now aScertained beyond a doubt.' Letters from StockholM, dated the ad inst. state, tliai intelligence had been received that the Russians bad - entered Sweden, and had advanced as far as Louisa, which is on the frontiers of Finland. It is said the Russian Army amounts to 40,060 men a we have very little doubt" but that this foree is very much exaggerated, and it is quite obvious that tfk6y ;mot for„,,some time undertake any operations of importance. In the mean time, the French are ad vancing with rapidity into Denmark, and a.. very considerable body of them have ailually entered tlnil Island of .1 4 %tnen, to co-operate with the Danes i n Cie invasion of Sweden, and every effort is 'making to procure 'Vessels to carry them across the Sound. The 13ritidt, Squat:, on in the Sound was froien up 't short time, but the ice: has now brOken Every exertion is making by the Governmencof this Country to send a 'formidable force to the assistance of our gallant Ally —a I.)rce which we ; have no doubt will a.upiy tiltil4l9llt to frusti . ate the attempts of the French and Ditties in that quarter. The Rus'sian nister and Consul at Stockholm have been put un der an arrest. "inu t'reocti Cov,ernment have at length thought proper to giVe to account of the proceedings o f t h e Roch e fort Squadron, which, as we have constantly ' wiled, did enter the Mediterranean, and arrived at Toulon. This account is given in a Letter from Paris, dated the gist ult. which states, that the Carthagena Squadron is also at sea. --The Toulon and Rochefort Squadrons sailed from Toulon on the 7th or ath ult. for the purpose, as it is stated, of proceeding,. In the first instance, to Sicily, and then attacking Lord COLLINGWOOD'S Fleet, before he can receive reinforcements from England. The appearance of Sir It. STitAWIAN'S Squadron in the Mediterranean will, however, de teat this fine scheme, as our naval force in that quarter is quite sufficient to give a very satisfa6tory account of the united Rochefort, Toulon, and Car thigena & l ug& ons, if we should have the good for tune to meet them. A number of additional Papers were yesterday laid below Parliament : they relate to the Negotiations which took place previous to the unfortunate attempt upon COnatantinople. We have only room to sele& today the''Letter of Lord liowlcx, containing itw stru&ions to Mr. ARBUTigNOT ; every line or affords a complete justification of the principle up t-:1. which the Expedition upon Copenhagen wit f. founded. We understand that there is no foundation for the report which has been circulated, that Lord Mut,- oRAVS is going out as Governor-General to India. A new arrangement has been made in respe& to the future communications between this country and Sweden. The Post Office packets are hereafter to proceed direaly to, Marstrand, and not, as before, to Gottenburgh. The Princess of WALES, accompanied by Lady GLENBERVIE and Lord GLENBERVIE, and attended by a Gentleman of her Royal Highness's household, was in the Gallery of the House of Commons last night, during the greater part of the Debate. The Invincible, a 74, was to be launched this day at Woolwich. There was no Court of Aldermen held to-day ; but the LORD MAYOR ordered the price of Bread to be lowered id. per peck. The number of Recruits raised for the service of the Army, from Jan. 1, 1793, to Jan. 1, 1801, a 3 far as can be made from the. documents in the Adjutant-General's Office, 'amount to 36,70 Ca valry, 12,483 Foot-Guards, and 14,842 Infantry— making in all, 209,093 men. The Merchants who were lately compelled to quit Portugal, yesterday met at the London TaVem. The Meeting was called for the purpose of considering the propriety of presenting a Memorial to Gove-nr merit, praying for retie, under all the circumstances, from the difficulties to' which they. were reduced in consequence of the impracticability of procuring my satisfaction, from the subjects of Portugal for the claims which they ' still had upon them. Mont fifty persons attended the meeting, from whose a Committee was chosen to draw up the proposed Memorial. - The convey, which in the first insonco had been appointed to sail for the Brazils on the 22d inst. has, at the request of the merchants, Seen postponed to the 3ISt. Lord STISANOFORD,. as Am bassador, and Mr. GAMBIBIi as Consul General, will sail about a week before the convoy. GENEVAt WitertmocKe.—Yesterday being the day on which the General way to enter into his de fence, a great crowd collededhefore the Court was opened. The spedators were admitted at ten o'clock, and a considerable struggle took place': It was some tinie before the Military, assisted by the . Bow-street Officers, could effeet a passage for- the Members of the Court and the distinguished persons who accompanied them. The DlikeSof KENT and CUMBERLAND were 'among the number. The effea of the struggle and the consequent heat was so for cible upon several Ladies, that same fainted, and others uttered loud outcries, resulting from pain and apprehension. When the disturbance had wholly subsided, the General was , called on for his de fence. He began with firmness to read front a pa.: per in his hand purport of the introdue.tory part was to express his regret and resentrrient at the various calumnies which had been affively published against him, with the obvious design - to raise a pre judice in the minds of his cornitrymen. He parti- . ,cularly adverted to a publicnt ion, written by a subal tern Officer, u hich attacked hint in the most tender point, his charader, which he held dearer to him than life itself. At length he became .soinuch affed ed, that he Wits obliged to pauSe ; and it was proposed that his Counsel proceed with the remaining part; but this was objetted to. The Conli, how ever, perceiving the staring 'agitation the Genetal suffered, permitted his defence to be occasionally lead by himself, 'by his brother-in-law, and by Ge neral MEAD. The General at length "resumed his arduous task, and strongly commented on the man ner in which the charges had been supported, not by dire& and circumstantial evidence only, but by the opinions of individuals and narratives, of :con versations, He then entered into an accoent of the whole transadions respeding Monte Video, in which he had been concerned—the circumstances of which have been often before the publiiL After having detailed those matters, 'he observed that be had the satisfaaionof knowing thin headed from the best of his' judgment, and that his . cause was in the bands 'or a competent and honourable Tribunal, who would disregard'prejudice, and deckle with truth and justice. Some written , documents were then read respefting the eorrespendence be tween General Wurret.ock.c. and the ()thee Com manders employed in the Expedition, and the Court adjourned till ten o'clock' this day. March It,.—The Coutt precteded this day, and was nearly.as much crowded as , yesterday. An ex amination ; Of Colonel Boothe took place, which seemed likely to last for a considerable time, and there is no reason to believe that the ilia, Will con clude this day.---The Dukes of KENT' and CO4 mt. i,AND were again prc.ent. A new rnelo-drarnatie Baliet of A.6tion is in re hearsal at Drury-lane Theatre, written by Mr. T. SUERIDAN. Miss WALSTZIN, who has been for several 'sea sons the principal female perforiner in the Dublin Theatre, will it is reported, l the successor of Miss SMITH, at Covent Garth" the ensuing Winter. Cooxals Richord; though so often seen, dreW a, crowded audience ltiSt night to 'Covent Garden Theatre, and' he performed the charatiler with his' usual success. In consequence of the sudden indis position of Mrs. ST. 14SER, the - part of Me Queen was performed by Mrs. EMERY, and that of Rich mond by Mr. LianwroH, instead of Mr: C. ICEMBLP., who was prevented from appearing by the recent loss-in his tinnily. Mr. ButmroN acquitted self with his usual good sense, and with requisite animation. The late Mr. SumoNs was in the sixty-sixth year of his age. tie had been a very handsome man in his early dayi, and the traces were very visible, not withstand* the course of time, and the act% of long continued indisposition. ' Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, a fire broke out at the bake-house of Mr. Smith, the corner of Market-street, Old Gravel-lane, which communicated to four adjoining houses in Cina aims-lane; 'the whole of which were scum re d uce d to ashes'. Fortunately no, lives were Ipst, and a number of engines arriving, the fire was got under. The inmates of the destroyed housesN M un fortunately lost their all, - • - . FOREIGV INTIELLIGENCE. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 29.—The Archipelago is still covered with British Squadrons, which obstru& :tit trade and navigation.. Ailmiral COLLINGWOOD is before Cerigo.; another division of the Fleet appears to intend an 'attack. The Kaimakan of the Sublime Porte in Egypt, SEin, MEHMEI) ALY, in consequence of the obsfi nate resistance of one BlitnAscitt, who has in trenched himself in his own hOue, and hitherto defied all the force that can be brought against him, and by the extravagant demands of the Arnauts (Albaneie), has been obliged to throw himself into 'the Citadel of Cairo to wait for reinforcements,. and, the issue of the negOtiatiens he has 'entered into with the Beys, of whom SCIIAIIIN BEY (whom the Kaimakan has appointed to the Government' of Giza and layurn), art BEY, OSMAN BIRDISI BEY., and IBRAIIAM BEY, haVe already concluded separate conventions with him. The Capital is in a very distressed state, as the British prevent the approach by sea of any thing, and all cotn-' munication with Upper .Egypt. The inundation of the Nile was likewise by no means so abundant' as.. is requisite. On thti stoth of January a fire broke out in the suburbs of Gdlato, which destroy-. ed too houses; another fire broke out on the same day in the vicinity of the arsenal. , . NAPLES, FV3. s.—Various movements have been obsetved, within these few weeks, among the French Troops in this Kingdom. The number of French Troops in the Ecclesiastical State, in Anco na, Civita.Vecchia, and other maritime places, may be estimated at 30,000 men. The regiments of in fantry and cavalry that have entered Rome amount to 10,000 men. BANKS 9 r THE MAINE, FEB. 20.—According to private letters. from Rome the Pope is soon expected to leave that City. In consequence of orders from the Aulic Council of War at Vienna, four resit/4ms of frontier troops (called Croats and Pandoursj are to,be assembled in order to forma cordon on the Turkish frontiers,' in case hostility should take place in the spring between the Turks and the Russians. This. cordon will in the whole consist of 70,000 men, and be commanded by the Arch duke FERDINAND, second brother to her Ma- jesty the Empress, and under him Count BELLE GARDE. With resped to the arrival of the Fleet at TOtlign, and its sailing again, nothing further is known with certainty. Rome, An. 2.-L-Yesterday a Corps of French in fantry, under the conunand. of General Atior.Lis, took possession of the Castle of St. Angelo. The best understanding prevails between the troops and the inhabitants. The troops. of his Holiness.do duty as before. 3.—Yesterday morning early GeneralMoL -1 Lig entered this City at the head of, between 5 and 8000 men. The guiird-houses , at the gates, the principal guard at the Piazii Culotta, and the others, were immediately taken posseision of by' the French troops, as was also the, Castle of St. Angelo. All this was done in the utmost good order without any disturbances, and the same tranquillity still con tinues, which the inhabitants .are strialy enjoined to maintain by a proclaniation from his Holiness. To. day, all the gates except three have, again been oc cupied by the Papal troops. STRASHUIV;II, FEB. do.—Letters from Toulon bring the important advice, that the Fleet there, reinforced by the combined French and Spanish' Fleets (probably the fleets from Rochefort and Cadiz) set sail from that harbour on the 7th And Bth, of February, and steered tOt.irards,Sicily with a favour- able wind at S. E.. The number of Ships amount to thirty. BANKS OF THE MAINE, FEB. 2%!..—•Thei .Norern . burgh Gazette states, that differences have arisen between Austria and Sweden, and that the Charge d'Affaires' of the latter Power is about to leave Vienna and return to StockholM. It is besides very probable that all the Powers of the Continent will shortly break off their relations with Sweden, since that Power persists in maintaining its alliance with ,England. T.3Lmi Ern. .—Several Regiments, cantoned in the 3avarian Province of Swabia, have received or- ders to recall the soldiers absent on leave. PARI9, FEB. t.--Letters from Lyons, of the ith and 12th, announce that the Roithefort Squa• drop, which left that Port in the month of January last, after malting a' short cruize in the Atlantic, passed the Straights of, Gibraltar, and is safely ar ' rived at Toulon, where it has united itself to the Sqqadron in that Port. The Rochefort Squadron consists of five or six Sail of the Line, some Frigates and light Vessels—the Spanish Squa dron from Carthagena has also put to sea, and hils joined (if we may believe these letters) the Toulon and Rochefort Squadrons.• Several other Ships have also left the different Ports of Spain, so ,that the Combined Fleet will be very considerable. Dive Sail of the Line have been built,equipped,,and armed withiu a short time at TQI:lon. It is gene• rally•rcported at Lyons and in all 0 e Ports of ti w.' Mediterranean, thal the Combined Flea build to drive away the English Ships cruizing off Sicily, and at the entrance the Adriatic, and afterwards to attack the Flier of Admiral COLLINGWOOD sta tioned in the Archipelago, and off the Dardanelles, betbre this Fleet - can teceive.rcinforcements - from England. The most recent letters from the South of France announce that the combined squadrons of Toulon, Rochefort, and Carthagena, reinforced b 3, other Spanish Ships, sailed frog Toulon on the 7th and Bth .of this month, and stood towards Sicily. PARIS, FEB. 22.-M. Le Count TO LSTORP treated here with the same distinCtion that M. Dr CAULI xcouxx experiences at St Petersburgh—RO frequently accompanies his Majesty hunting; and when he is admitted to the table of the Emperat, that Monarch places him at his right hand. VIRNNA, FED. i7. --From 40 to 50,000 of oar Troops will, in Spring, form an Army of Observa tion on the Frontiers of Turkey. The last intelligence from Constantinople is very warlike. LEt i PSIC, FEB. 24.—They write from the Baas of the Danube, that the Porte intends to form two armies of 150,000 men each. It is reported that a considerable corps of German Troops, belonging to the Confederation' of the Rhine, are about to march to Dalmatia. Re giment, arrived here WIRMAR,• FPS. 23.-A Serjeant of the 6 7th Re delivered to the Magistrate a Letter from the French yesterday, from Rostock , and Authorities, informing him that a Battalion of French Troops would enter this place on the 250 1 inst. and remain in Garrison. ITALY; Fan. - 16.—0 n the 3d instant, Germrai Mt°Lias paid his respeCts to the Pope, but con ti ; nued with his Holiness only a few minutes. I- Excellency afterwards returned to the Palace of M. LUCIEN BINNAPARTE. This Senator and Prin Ce_ BORORM have Guards of Honour. The Fren. ch. Officers are lodged with the Nobles, and the Soldit in the Monasteries. It is thought the Iloly Fath or will leave Rome immediately. (L'Aleillc du NOT If, 4th March.) PARIS, FRB. is generally' reported that II Imperial Highness the Grand Thake of BERG, il stead of 'proceeding to. his territories; is gone to Spain and Portugal,, and that the Emperor will soak )tt follow him ; the Treasurer of his Majesty hai ready taken that route. His ,Serene Highness .0 Prince of NEUPCOATEL Is, according to. report, g p ing to wairy a Priocess nearly allied to. the Roy Housed' Bavaria. (idem,) TRIESTE, Feu, 13.• .Among other Vessels whit 414 were expeeted here were nine Ships from Smyrriet, laden with 4000 bales of cotton ; these Ships fi til into the hands of the English, who carried them to Malta : afterV having ransomed themselves by pa r ing a certain sum, they continued their voyage, b tit have again been taken and carried into Ancona, To the French and Italian Privateers, with the exce r tion of two which have arrived here , with 1200balies of Cotton. ,STOCKHOL/4, FEE. 16.--The t coops Wbich ,hr 114 received orders to advance into Finland he liecn obliged " to make a considerable detour through L4api. land ; they are divided into two corps. The arfuY is formed into divisions, with a view of moving wi the greater fitcility, and of marching tatore expetfi' tiously to thoSe points: on the frontiers Which ere menaced with an attack. The southern division is under the orders of Field .Marshal Baron. D To"'; that of the west on the frontiers of Norway is conir mended .by-General Baron De VanliSAcK;. and the* of the North by M. Da BERGENSTRAEGE ; there is besides a Strong division ofreserve, which it; destined to march In case it should he necessary ; the Cool mander of this division is not yet named ; the ohd. is at i 3 degrees. PIIIANC), Fait. 2.---We have still in our portl three Russian Frigates, which are.to convoy sein 6 ' Transports to Venice. • 'VIENNA, FEB. 20.—The English Minister ADAM is still in this City ; but it is nevertheless derermin.. ed that he shall quit it iMmediately.- We 'have to day received intelligence froth Trieste, tharon the, toth inst. an Order. was publicly affixed at the Ex change there to break off all communication with England. This order caused an immediate advance of 1.00. per cent. on the price of 'colonial Produce: ,We are equally threatened; with a similar advanco here. GoTTENBUROH, F2B. 26.—The frost has set it so strong here, that the English ships of war, Of Vaneard, Nassau, Stately, and Quebec, are abi fast in the ice In these roads, and so is a WO convoy of merchant vessels bound for England f. the packets are the only vessels that have beets kept in open water. Fan. 2g.—The greater part , of the convoy 001 has been so long detained here by contrary wind , and afterwards by the frost, got to sea this morning owing-to the breaking of the ice. The Vanguard, of .74 guns, sailed `with them , and w ill accompany them to a certain latitude, when she wilt return and cruize off this coast. The Nassau, SAWN, and Quebec, are still in the ice. Priv ate letters from Stockholm, received .by the last - post, mew' tion the spirited representation* made iby the King to the Russian Minister; then he lt him, that wishing to remain:at peaces h e 63 not attack an Power; and, Moreover , Will tak e upon himself to be guarantee for the trammhalt ing of the Baltic • but that if he is attacked, be s (Wald himse lf; and if the 'Russian troops ehter